Category: Nursing

Directions :

One of the most difficult parts of a project is clearly defining what your focus is and how you will define success.

Please share your aim with your classmates and identify your potential measures.

What types of tools (charts etc.) will you use to illustrate those measures? What does project success look like for your area?

Were you able to identify aims and measures early in the project? What was the impact?

Please use the literature to guide your response.

*** Please refer to topic in attachment named week2CL.docx

*** the rubric is also attached for discussion post

Please upload a one page essay describing how you chose nursing as a career and now becoming an Acute Care NP will advance the science of nursing.

This assignment is a voice over PowerPoint recording of 13-15 minutes. For the PowerPoint and recorded presentation, create a presentation that addresses each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the prompts or questions for each bullet point. Use clear headings that allow your professor to know which bullet you are addressing on the slides in your presentation. Support your content with at least four (4) scholarly sources throughout your presentation, referencing in APA style. Include title and references slides in the presentation. Follow best practices for PowerPoint presentations related to text size, color, images, effects, wordiness, and multimedia enhancements. Review the Signature Assignment rubric criteria for this assignment.

Part 1: Assessment: Choose an adult (65 years or older) friend or relative and perform a holistic health assessment. Clearly discuss your discovered holistic health assessment data. Ensure you have permission from your older adult to conduct the health assessment and ensure that they are not identified on the PPT. Your assessment should include the following parts for the holistic assessment:

• General Health History
• Physiological Assessment
• Psychological Assessment
• Social Assessment
• Cultural Assessment
• Developmental Assessment
• Spiritual Assessment

Part 2: Interpretation (Abnormality and Coping)

• Choose one abnormality from the data gained in the assessments and discuss possible reasons/causes for the abnormality.
• How does this abnormality impact the other areas of the patients life?
• Discuss the clients stress and coping mechanisms.
• Are they healthy?
• What recommendations and improvements could be made that are individualized for this person?

Part 3: Teaching Plan: Create a teaching plan that addresses the client holistically by applying the assessment data you have analyzed.

• Describe at least one client goal for each of the six categories (each category should have a goal) (physical, psychological, social, cultural, developmental, and spiritual).
• Discuss one strategy per goal you would use to teach your client about each individual goal
• Explain how you will evaluate if your teaching was effective

PowerPoint Format;

• Title Slide (1 slide)
• Objective Slide (1 slide)
• Assessment
• General Health History (1slide)
• Physical (1 slide)
• Psychological (1 slide)
• Social (1 slide)
• Cultural (1 slide)
• Developmental (1 slide)
• Spiritual (1 slide)
• Interpretation (Abnormality and Coping)
• Abnormality, Reasons/Causes, Impact on Life (1 slide)
• Stress, Coping, Recommendations (1 slide)
• Teaching Plan
• Physical Goal and Teaching Strategy (1 slide)
• Psychological Goal and Teaching Strategy (1 slide)
• Social Goal and Teaching Strategy (1 slide)
• Cultural Goal and Teaching Strategy (1 slide)
• Developmental Goal and Teaching Strategy (1 slide)
• Spiritual Goal and Teaching Strategy (1 slide)
• Evaluation Plan (1 slide)
• References (1 slide)

Must be in APA format

Assignment 7 Technology and Social Media Purpose Understanding and ensuring appropriate use of social media should be emphasized and adhered to by the advanced practice nurse. In today’s technological society healthcare workers are losing their jobs due to poor utilization or misuse of social media for representing their organizations. The purpose of this assignment is to review some common social media benefits and barriers and to determine resources that are available to help support best practice and guidance to ensure social media is being utilized successfully, safely and appropriately. You will complete all five of these scenario reads and questions, and answer them. After completing the scenarios. You are then going to develop a PowerPoint presentation that is going to address the rationales, why you chose the answer you did. And you will support it with literature. So you wanna make sure that you are providing a rationale as to why you chose the answer you did in each scenario. You are going to support it from literature that gives you a reference to support your rationale. One scholarly, peer-reviewed reference (no older than 5 years) per scenario (total 5 for powerpoint). You include how to educate your peers and staff about the best answer for this scenario. One example of how to educate your peers and staff should be included for each of these five scenarios. And then a key reflection point for the scenario that will support your student role or your role as the Advanced Practice Leader in social media. So again, it includes answering all five of the questions from the five scenarios provided. And then creating a PowerPoint presentation that must be addressing all five scenarios with the above area topics I just discussed. It should be concisely written and no more than ten slides – two per scenario if you really want to look at it. Now that excludes the title and the reference page. So each scenario and the information you are providing should be two slides total with content. rationale for why you chose each answer, the plan to educate staff on best practices for each scenario, and then the summary reflection should absolutely be included. That is the biggest piece of this. And what you’ve learned through these surrounding each scenario, what learning occurred for you when choosing your answer. And then a writing up your rationale with best practices for education and teaching. Assignment Instructions Abide by the Chamberlain College of Nursing Academic Integrity Policy. Part I: Review the five (5) scenarios and answer the quiz questions on the assignment page to proceed to Part II. Use the scroll bar to access all five (5) scenarios below. Part II: After completing the scenarios students will complete a PowerPoint presentation, using Microsoft PowerPoint. Include a title slide with your name, date, and course information, as well as a reference slide. The body of the PowerPoint should provide: Rationale and support of literature for the chosen answer to each scenario (each scenario will require one rationale and support from literature). One example of how to educate your peers and staff about the best answer for the scenario. One key reflection point per scenario that will support student in role of advanced practice leader surrounding social media. PowerPoint presentation is a minimum of ten (10) slides in length (excluding title and reference slides). A minimum of five (5) peer-reviewed scholarly sources (one per scenario), current within five years, are required. Sources older than five years may not be used without the permission of the class professor. No direct quotes may be used in this assignment. First person may be used for this assignment. Assignment Criteria Category Points % Description Part I: Scenario question and quiz answer 25 12.5% This will be done in the Canvas shell. You will review each scenario and then answer the question via a multiple choice question. In order to proceed forward students must answer a question accurately before moving to part II. Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3 Scenario 4 Scenario 5 Part II: PowerPoint Provide rationale with literature support that justifies each answer 50 25% Addresses the scenario with accurate and appropriate rationale to support the scenario with credible resources Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3 Scenario 4 Scenario 5 Part II: PowerPoint Provides a plan of how to educate staff on best practices of social media usage in each scenario 50 25% Provides a plan of education and teaching of best practices for peers and staff for each scenario based upon answer. Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3 Scenario 4 Scenario 5 Part II: PowerPoint Summary Reflection 50 25% This section includes a reflection of what you learned through this assignment surrounding each scenario. What learning occurred for you when choosing your answer, writing up your rationale along with best practices for education and teaching that will be incorporated in your role of an advanced practice nurse: Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3 Scenario 4 Scenario 5 Part II: Graduate-level Writing Style 25 12.5% Graduate-level writing style is included, evidenced by integrating the following standards: If speaker notes are included, the rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, punctuation, sentence and paragraph structure are followed and consistent with formal, scholarly writing as noted in the most current edition of the APA Manual. First person can be used for this assignment. Citation and referencing of sources must be congruent with guidelines noted in the most current edition of the APA Manual. Slides are professional in appearance with visually balanced text, font appropriate for audience reading, succinct bulleted points, and visually appealing contrast between background and font utilized. Correct spelling and appropriate use of graphics/images is evident. Quality of Literature Support It is an expectation that a minimum of five (5) peer-reviewed scholarly sources, current within five years, are included to support your work. If the above expectation is not met, 10 points shall be deducted. Length of summary paper It is an expectation that the PowerPoint presentation is a minimum of ten (10) slides in length (excluding title and reference slides). If the above expectation is not met, 10 points shall be deducted. Total 200 100% A quality assessment will meet or exceed all the above requirements. Assignment Instructions Abide by the Chamberlain College of Nursing Academic Integrity Policy. Part I: Review the five (5) scenarios and answer the quiz questions on the assignment page to proceed to Part II. Use the scroll bar to access all five (5) scenarios below. Transcript Part II: After completing the scenarios students will complete a PowerPoint presentation, using Microsoft PowerPoint. Include a title slide with your name, date, and course information, as well as a reference slide. The body of the PowerPoint should provide: Rationale and support of literature for the chosen answer to each scenario (each scenario will require one rationale and support from literature). One example of how to educate your peers and staff about the best answer for the scenario. One key reflection point per scenario that will support student in role of advanced practice leader surrounding social media. PowerPoint presentation is a minimum of ten (10) slides in length (excluding title and reference slides). A minimum of five (5) peer-reviewed scholarly sources (one per scenario), current within five years, are required. Sources older than five years may not be used without the permission of the class professor. No direct quotes may be used in this assignment. First person may be used for this assignment.

Write journal reflection of 100 words for each question as an African American woman working mental health

1- what are some of your personal goals for personal , professional am , and leadership development 2- reflect on DEI and implicit bias . How do these provinces shape your actions and decisions . How does implicit bias impact our development as a professional leader 3- what steps can you take to further incorporate dei principles into practicum 4 how does implicit bias you incorporate dei into interactions with patients 5- how can you leverage your specialization to help prepare for msn capstone with mental health

Propose a high-level quality improvement initiative for a selected departmental strategic priority, and choose an effective method of presenting your proposal to executive leaders and other stakeholders in the organization and community.

Introduction

Quality improvement and management in healthcare has its roots in the business world and the teachings of quality gurus such as W. Edwards Deming, Joseph Juran, Phillip B. Crosby, and Avedis Donabedian. As healthcare costs rose in the late 1960s, payers wanted assurance that their investments resulted in improved health. More importantly, patients and healthcare professionals wanted assurance that their participation resulted in safe, effective care with positive long-term benefits.

As 21st century healthcare organizations strive for high reliability, executive leadership is tasked with keeping the organization focused on quality and safety. In the previous assessments, you identified an organization’s strategic priorities and provided a comprehensive assessment of stakeholder and leadership influence. High-reliability organizations align quality and safety with strategic goals. Your work in previous assessments will help you identify one strategic priority for improvement.

From the nursing unit level to the executive office, quality equates with attention to the processes and functions that drive and support safety, efficiency, effectiveness, and satisfaction. The DNP-prepared nurse is in a unique position to blend knowledge of systems theory with an understanding of quality management. Added to this mixture is the DNP-prepared nurse’s exquisite appreciation for the holistic needs of individuals and groups.

This assessment provides an opportunity for you to propose a quality improvement initiative that supports a departmental strategic priority.

Preparation

Choose one strategic priority from the departmental strategic plan you developed in Assessment 1 as the focus of a proposed quality improvement initiative.

Note: The assessments in this course must be completed in the order presented; subsequent assessments should be built on both your earlier work and your facultys feedback on earlier assessments. If you choose to submit assessments prematurely, without considering and integrating your facultys feedback, your assessment may be returned ungraded, resulting in your loss of an assessment attempt.

Note: For Flexpath learners, if you choose to make revisions based on feedback from a previous attempt, you should highlight your revisions in yellow. For example, if you made revisions from attempt one and would like faculty to review the content when grading attempt two, the content needs to be highlighted. Therefore, faculty reviews only the content highlighted on attempts two and three. If the entire paper is highlighted, the paper will be returned ungraded and will count as an attempt. Track changes are not a substitution for highlighted text.

Instructions

Before you get started, please watch the following video:

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Develop a presentation, with visual and oral components, of your proposed high-level quality improvement initiative for executive leaders and other stakeholders in the organization and community.

Be creative in showcasing your proposal. Choose a visual presentation method you consider to be both engaging and likely to garner the necessary support and buy-in. For example, you might consider any of the following methods, or something different.

• PowerPoint. ( the speaker notes should be in APA 7th and well aligned,…please less info we want 8-10 mins when i record voice over, make very attractive powerpoints with less information…more info to be on the speaker notes section but not too much info as last one you did previously there was too much info)

Whichever method you choose, consider the information needs of your intended audience, their communication preferences, and possible time constraints on processing your proposal. For this assessment, your presentation should be between 810 minutes.

Evaluation

The following tasks correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide, so be sure to address each point in the presentation of your proposed quality improvement initiative. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.

• Explain the rationale for establishing a strategic priority.
• Describe the overarching aim and focus of your proposed quality improvement initiative.
• Use the evidence-based literature to provide broad rationale for establishing this priority.
• Present the key points from a SWOT analysis of a chosen strategic priority.
• Consider the organizations political landscape and strategic priorities.
• Identify key performance indicators for measuring the success of a quality improvement initiative.
• For example: infection rates, customer satisfaction, financial performance indicators, productivity, nurse satisfaction, or other internal metric.
• These indicators could align with those identified on the departmental balanced scorecard.
• Explain the value of stakeholder feedback and the process for collaborating with stakeholders on the proposed quality improvement initiative.
• Identify key stakeholders and explain why their support for this initiative is crucial to its success.
• Explain how you will leverage stakeholder feedback.
• Explain how one contemporary change theory could be used to facilitate changes inherent in implementing a quality improvement initiative.
• Make policy recommendations to support the proposed quality improvement initiative.
• Your recommendations could entail developing a new policy, revising a current policy, or retiring a current policy.
• Describe the policy implications of this initiative and their impact on the organization.
• Justify your recommendations.
• Communicate clearly and concisely in a form and style appropriate for the audience and for the substance, purpose, and context of the message being conveyed.
• Consider the needs of your audience.
• Be succinct and mindful of communication best practices.
• Carefully review your media and materials to avoid errors that could distract the audience and make it more difficult for them to focus on the substance of your proposed initiative.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 3: Propose a strategic plan using an interdisciplinary collaborative approach aligning with organizational priorities that are evidence based.
• Explain the rationale for establishing a strategic priority.
• Present the key points from a SWOT analysis of a chosen strategic priority.
• Identify key performance indicators for measuring the success of a quality improvement initiative.
• Explain the value of stakeholder feedback and the process for collaborating with stakeholders on a proposed quality improvement initiative.
• Explain how one contemporary change theory could be used to facilitate changes inherent in implementing a quality improvement initiative.
• Competency 4: Recommend implementing policies and regulations to improve the professional practice environment and healthcare outcomes at the system, local, regional, or national levels.
• Make policy recommendations to support a proposed quality improvement initiative.
• Competency 5: Address assessment purpose in effective written or multimedia presentations, incorporating appropriate evidence and communicating in a form and style consistent with applicable professional and academic standards.
• Conduct a professional visual presentation with video or voiceover.
• Convey purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.
• Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.

Scoring Guide

Use the scoring guide to understand how your assessment will be evaluated.

Criterion 1

Explain the rationale for establishing a strategic priority.

Distinguished

Provides a concise and articulate explanation of the rationale for establishing a strategic priority. The rationale is well supported in the evidence-based literature and reflective of keen insight into the logical implications and consequences of the stated priority.

Criterion 2

Present the key points from a SWOT analysis of a chosen strategic priority.

Distinguished

Presents the key points from a SWOT analysis of a chosen strategic priority. Key points indicate a perceptive analysis that reflects awareness and due consideration of organizational politics and strategic goals.

Criterion 3

Identify key performance indicators for measuring the success of a quality improvement initiative.

Distinguished

Identifies precise key performance indicators, clearly aligned with strategic priorities, for measuring the success of a quality improvement initiative.

Criterion 4

Explain the value of stakeholder feedback and the process for collaborating with stakeholders on a proposed quality improvement initiative.

Distinguished

Provides a concise, articulate explanation of the value of stakeholder feedback and the process for collaborating with stakeholders on a proposed quality improvement initiative. Presents an effective strategy for collaborating and draws well-reasoned conclusions about the value of stakeholder support.

Criterion 5

Explain how one contemporary change theory could be used to facilitate changes inherent in implementing a quality improvement initiative.

Distinguished

Explains how one contemporary change theory could be used to facilitate changes inherent in implementing a quality improvement initiative. Applies an insightful interpretation of applicable theory to best practices in change leadership.

Criterion 6

Make policy recommendations to support a proposed quality improvement initiative.

Distinguished

Makes astute policy recommendations to support a proposed quality improvement initiative. Identifies significant and relevant policy implications and provides compelling justification for policy changes.

Conduct a professional visual presentation with video or voiceover.

Distinguished

Conducts a professional presentation using well designed visual material with appropriate content. The presentation length is 8-10 minutes in an appropriate format. Speaks with confidence and explains the content without too much jargon.

Criterion 8

Convey purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.

Distinguished

Conveys clear purpose, in a tone and style well suited to the intended audience. Supports assertions, arguments, and conclusions with relevant, credible, and convincing evidence. Exhibits strict and nearly flawless adherence to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards, including APA style and formatting.

Criterion 9

Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.

Distinguished

Applies APA style and formatting to scholarly writing. Exhibits strict and nearly flawless adherence to stylistic conventions, document structure, and source attributions.

Use the resources linked below to help complete this assessment.

Collapse AllQuality Improvement Models

Review the following quality improvement models.

• reading list.

Change Management Strategies

The following readings will help you in completing this weeks assessment:

• reading list.

Effective Audiovisual Presentations

If you choose to present your proposed QI initiative as an audio or video slide presentation, the following resources will help you with slide design and software utilization.

• reading list.
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• This selection of videos constitutes a primer on presentation design.
• Approximate duration: 45:00.
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• This presentation addresses the primary areas involved in creating effective audiovisual presentations. You can return to this resource throughout the process of creating your presentation to view the tutorial appropriate for you at each stage.
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• This Campus resource includes tip sheets and tutorials for Microsoft PowerPoint.
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• This library guide provides links to PowerPoint and other presentation software resources.
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• This presentation, designed especially for the School of Nursing and Health Sciences, offers valuable tips, links, and is itself a PowerPoint template that can be used to create a presentation.

Viewing Systems Through Structural and Human Resource Frames

The following readings will help you understand the frames for understanding organizational systems.

• reading list.

Write a letter to the editor of a scholarly journal in response to an article in said selected journal . Inform and persuade why adolescents mental health needs to be addressed by evaluating current state of care, outcomes , why the developed policy will be vital in improving quality of care, advocacy for policy in other care settings , and interdisciplinary strategies

Write a 67 page critical appraisal of an organization’s strategic plan from the perspective of a nurse executive, taking into consideration the organization’s mission, vision, and other contextual factors.

Introduction

A strategic plan is constructed from a clear, well-articulated vision and a comprehensive environmental scan. An analysis of the internal and external environments provides a clear picture of the current state and the potential hurdles to overcome in reaching the desired future state. Leaders can then establish goals and objectives that are specific, measurable, acceptable, realistic, timely, and rewarding.

Strategic objectives balance short-term and long-term opportunities and consider the needs of all key stakeholders. From the objectives flow the strategies and tactics for achieving the goals. Building skill in strategic planning positions, the DNP nurse is one who makes things happen.

This assessment provides an opportunity for you to critically examine an organization’s strategic plan. An understanding of the organizations vision, mission, and strategic priorities is crucial to departmental strategic planning that aligns with, and supports, organizational priorities.

Preparation

For this assessment, you will appraise an organizational strategic plan, develop a departmental strategic plan, and propose a quality improvement initiative, respectively. The choice of healthcare setting as the context for this work is up to you. You may choose the organization in which you currently work, an organization in which you worked previously, or an organization about which you would like to learn more. You will use this healthcare organization, and a department or division within the organization, as the basis for the remaining assessments in this course.

Note: The assessments in this course must be completed in the order presented; subsequent assessments should be built on both your earlier work and your facultys feedback on earlier assessments. If you choose to submit assessments prematurely, without considering and integrating your facultys feedback, your assessment may be returned ungraded, resulting in your loss of an assessment attempt.

Instructions

Before you get started, please watch the following video:

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Write a critical appraisal of the organizations strategic plan. Identify strategic priorities and orient yourself to the key performance indicators (KPI) the organization uses to drive quality. Include the quantitative metrics of the scorecard.

Note: Lessons learned from your appraisal will inform your work in subsequent assessments in this course.

Appraisal Format and Length

Format your document using APA style.

• Length: Your appraisal should be 67 pages in length, excluding the title page, references page, and appendix.
• APA Format: Use the to help you in writing and formatting your appraisal. Be sure to include:
• A title page and references page.
• An abstract and running head are not required.
• Appropriate section headings.
• Additional Information: In addition to an introduction with a thesis statement and a conclusion, use the following section headings to format the body of your paper to ensure thorough content coverage and flow.
• Strategic Plan Analysis.
• SWOT.
• Validity of Data and Analytical Strategies.
• Stakeholder Input.
• Balanced Scorecard.
• Nomenclature: Please save the document you are submitting for grading using the following format.
• Lastname, First name Assessment 1 Attempt #

Evaluation

The following tasks correspond to the grading criteria in the assessment rubric, so be sure to address each point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.

• Select an organization and analyze their strategic plan.
• Analysis of strategic plan.
• How well do the priorities align with the mission and vision of the organization?
• What priorities appear to take precedence?
• Approach your SWOT analysis from a systems perspective at a macro level.
• Perform a SWOT analysis taking into account both internal and external key elements.
• Include a four-part grid of the SWOT quadrants as an APA properly formatted figure within your paper.
• Provide a description of the SWOT analysis.
• Evaluate the validity of data and analytical strategies used to develop organizational priorities.
• What data was most likely used to develop key performance indicators (KPIs)?
• For example: patient satisfaction data, 30-day readmission data, other internal performance indicators or external regulatory measures.
• What was the source of the data?
• For example: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), internal data, public health data, financial data.
• Explain how input from stakeholders might have been elicited and incorporated into the development of strategic priorities.
• For example, strategic priorities can be developed by the board of directors, elicited from employee focus or patient advocacy groups, or derived from a combination of these approaches.
• You may need to interview an organizational stakeholder for this information. If this information is unavailable to you, identify the stakeholders you would approach for their inputs.
• Create a balanced scorecard for an organization.
• Use four standard balanced scorecard domains: 1) financial, 2) customer, 3) internal processes, and 4) learning and growth.
• Include quantitative measures for each domain.
• Are the organizations strategic priorities balanced, or do one or more priorities receive more emphasis than the others?
• Include the scorecard as an APA properly formatted appendix.
• Articulate meaning relevant to the main topic, scope, and purpose of the prompt.
• Write with a specific purpose and audience in mind.
• Adhere to scholarly and disciplinary writing standards.
• Proofread your writing to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it more difficult for them to focus on the substance of your appraisal.
• Apply APA formatting to in-text citations, references, figure, and appendix.
• APA formatted citations and references for a minimum of six scholarly references.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 1: Analyze organizational priorities, strategic planning, and system wide processes using data to optimize outcomes from a leadership perspective.
• Analyze an organizations strategic plan, noting organizational priorities and mission and vision statements.
• Analyze an organizations strategic plan using SWOT technique.
• Evaluate the validity of data and analytical strategies used to develop organizational priorities.
• Explain how input from stakeholders might have been elicited and incorporated into the development of strategic priorities.
• Create a balanced scorecard for an organization.
• Competency 5: Address assessment purpose in effective written or multimedia presentations, incorporating appropriate evidence and communicating in a form and style consistent with applicable professional and academic standards.
• Convey purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.
• Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.

Scoring Guide

Use the scoring guide to understand how your assessment will be evaluated.

Collapse AllCriterion 1

Analyze an organizations strategic plan, noting organizational priorities and mission and vision statements.

Distinguished

Analyzes an organizations strategic plan. Provides keen insight into organizational priorities and their alignment with the organizations mission and vision in a written description.

Criterion 2

Analyze an organizations strategic plan using SWOT technique.

Distinguished

Analyzes an organization’s strategic plan using SWOT technique. Provides SWOT illustration with at least eight specific details and a detailed description of SWOT analysis.

Criterion 3

Evaluate the validity of data and analytical strategies used to develop organizational priorities.

Distinguished

Evaluates the validity of data and analytical strategies used to develop organizational priorities. Makes logically sound, insightful inferences based on relevant data.

Criterion 4

Explain how input from stakeholders might have been elicited and incorporated into the development of strategic priorities.

Distinguished

Explains how input from stakeholders is elicited and incorporated into the development of strategic priorities. Draws logically sound conclusions from a perceptive interpretation of relevant data and information or clear insight into prospective stakeholders.

Criterion 5

Creates a balanced scorecard for an organization using all four domains with quantitative measures.

Distinguished

Creates a balanced scorecard for an organization. Leverages available data and information to provide an insightful assessment of organizational priorities in each scorecard domain.

Criterion 6

Convey purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.

Distinguished

Conveys clear purpose, in a tone and style well suited to the intended audience. Supports assertions, arguments, and conclusions with relevant, credible, and convincing evidence. Exhibits strict and nearly flawless adherence to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards, including APA style and formatting.

Criterion 7

Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.

Distinguished

Applies APA style and formatting to scholarly writing. Exhibits strict and nearly flawless adherence to stylistic conventions, document structure, and source attributions.

Objectives

• Identify a budget for your project.

Deliverables

• Complete the Budget Requirements Template Assignment attached below

PLEASE TAKE NOTE

All assignments must include and align with the PICOT question for the proposed project in the first paragraph.

Always put your full approved PICOT question that includes the percentage of the outcome in the first paragraph and on your templates or you will lose points.

2. For the references – CDC, The WHO, ANA are not scholarly Peer reviewed articles. They are good resources but DO NOT count towards the required number for each assignment. They can be used as an extra resource for great information.

3. References must have a URL or doi link for verification of the article or you will not get credit for them.

PICOT:

Among older adults living in long-term care facilities (P), does the implementation of routine cognitive and functional status monitoring by nursing staff (I) compared to standard practices (C) reduce the occurrence of the UTI-related sepsis (O) over a 6-month period (T)?

Purpose of the Capstone Project

The aim of this capstone project is to determine the likelihood that regular nurse-monitored urinary tract infections, cognitive and functional changes, and the application of standardized screening tools can help decrease the incidence of UTIs and urosepsis development among elderly in long-term care facilities.

Significance of the Capstone Project

UTI is one of the issues that are most prevalent in long-term care facilities and one of the causes of urosepsis that has a high fatality rate in the elderly. The study by Smith (2025) states that urosepsis induces up to 31 percent of all cases of sepsis and elderly individuals may have unusual signs and symptoms, including delirium or functional impairment instead of fever and leukocytosis. This is important due to the possibility of preventing the progression of infection, decreasing the number of hospital transfers, decreasing mortality, and improving patient outcomes in general (Smith, 2025).

Plan to Implement the Proposal

The proposal is going to take place in a long-term care home within six months. The nurses will be educated about the unusual manifestations of UTI in older adults and focus on the early symptoms of the illness, including the acute changes in the mental status and the decline in functioning. At hospitalization and on regular schedules, nurses will determine and record the baseline cognitive and functional condition of each resident.

The routine nursing assessment will include standardized screening tools, like the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM), and will be included in the electronic health record to make sure that they are used consistently.

Reference

Smith, T. (2025). Geriatric urosepsis: Prevention and detection. American Nurse Journal, 20(11), 2426.

PLEASE LOOK AT ALL THE ATTACHED FOR REFERENCE!

The purpose of the presentation is for you to educate your colleagues on the drug you have selected. The presentation must include information about the:

• Drug pharmacology, pharmacokinetics
• Brand name
• Generic name
• Dosing
• Indications for use
• Side effects
• Contraindications
• Pregnancy class
• You must also perform a cost analysis of the drug.
• Provide a patient case study on a patient in which you would utilize the drug you have selected and include at least two peer-reviewed evidence-based studies related to the drug.
• Describe the appropriate patient education.
• What is your role as a Nurse Practitioner for prescribing this medication to this patient on your case study presentation?
• Describe the monitoring and follow-up.

this is list of the article

Author(s)

Year

Article Title

Journal / Published Source (Location)

Page Numbers

Khan, T. M., Patel, R., & Siddiqui, A. H.

2023

Furosemide

StatPearls Publishing, Treasure Island, FL

24

McMahon, B. A., & Chawla, L. S.

2021

The furosemide stress test: Current use and future potential

Renal Failure, Taylor & Francis

830839

Eid, P. S., Ibrahim, D. A., Zayan, A. H., Abd Elrahman, M. M., Shehata, M. A. A., Kandil, H., Abouibrahim, M. A., Duy, L. M., Shinkar, A., Elfaituri, M. K., Minh, L. H. N., Fahmy, M. M., Tam, D. N. H., Vuong, N. L., Shah, J., Do, V. B. D., Hirayama, K., & Huy, N. T.

2021

Comparative effects of furosemide and other diuretics in the treatment of heart failure: A systematic review and combined meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Heart Failure Reviews, Springer

127136

Rodrguez-Molinero, A., Miarro, A., Narvaiza, L., Glvez-Barrn, C., Gonzalo Len, N., Valldosera, E., De Mingo, E., Macho, O., Aivar, D., Pinzn, E., Alba, A., Passarelli, J., Stasi, N., Collado, I., & Banegas, J. R.

2022

Mortality in elderly patients taking furosemide: Prospective cohorts study

Journal of Aging Research, Hindawi/Wiley

18

Coca, A., Aller, C., Snchez, J. R., Valencia, A. L., Bustamante-Munguira, E., & Bustamante-Munguira, J.

2020

Role of the furosemide stress test in renal injury prognosis

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, MDPI

112

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